Senator
Mike Halpin
| Seat | Senate District 36 |
|---|---|
| Party | Democratic |
| Capitol office | Room 609 · State Capitol |
| Mailing address | Room 609, Capitol Building, Springfield, IL 62706 |
| Capitol phone | 217-782-4307 |
| Legislative assistant | Kaeleen Smith |
| Hometown | Rock Island |
| Tenure | Serving since 2023 |
| Term limited | No term limits |
Committees 6
- Senate Appropriations-Education Committee Chair standing
- Senate Higher Education Committee Vice chair standing
- Senate Criminal Law Committee standing
- Senate Judiciary Committee standing
- Senate State Government Committee standing
- Senate Veterans Affairs Committee standing
Bills, 104th General Assembly 114 as principal author · 187 as coauthor
- MeasureTitleStatusMomentum
- HB 4304Higher ed student bill of rtsEnacted100
- HB 5136Fish cd-administrative cleanupEnacted100
- SB 3398Civ pro-tenants in commonEnacted100
- SB 3880Substance use disorder serviceEnacted100
- SB 3379Easement by dnr-knox countyEnacted100
- SB 3545Records-pretrial servicesEnacted100
- HB 4477Ems systems-variousEnacted100
- SB 2870Civ pro-commencement of actionEnacted100
- SB 2891Animal shelter adoption infoEnacted100
- SB 2892Humane care-animals-penaltiesEnacted100
- HB 2564Pen cd-trs-salary increasesEnacted100
- HB 3811Private professional guardiansEnacted100
- HB 4340Court of claims-procedureEnacted100
- HB 4560Treasurer-presentment warrantyEnacted100
- HB 4754Private education loans-reportEnacted100
All 114 bills as principal author ›
Coauthor of HB 1141, HB 1189, HB 1226, HB 1278, HB 1312, HB 1697, HB 1754, HB 1865, HB 2179, HB 22, HB 228, HB 2371 and 175 more.
Bills and sponsors: Open States bulk data (public domain dedication), 2026-11-public.pgdump; status is read from the official actions. About the momentum score
Effectiveness 104th General Assembly, 2025 to 2026
88th percentile
| Bills & joint resolutions authored | 85 |
|---|---|
| … passed committee / chamber / both | 19 / 19 / 17 |
| … became law | 15 |
| Carried in the other chamber (became law) | 23 (14) |
| Points vs. Senate majority average | 226.5 ÷ 132.55 = 1.71 |
| Most-authored topics | Budget & taxes (24), Criminal justice & public safety (12), Business, jobs & the economy (11) |
Senate rankings · How the score works. A count of bill progress, not a judgment of the member's work.
Closest allies co-authorship, 2025 to 2026
Most bills written together
- Mary Edly-Allen DSenate 31 94
- Christopher Belt DSenate 57 87
- Dave Koehler DSenate 46 84
- Rachel Ventura DSenate 43 82
- Graciela Guzmán DSenate 20 79
- Mike Porfirio DSenate 11 78
- Paul Faraci DSenate 52 78
- Javier Cervantes DSenate 1 77
- Doris Turner DSenate 48 64
- Karina Villa DSenate 25 64
“Written together” = 104th General Assembly bills and joint resolutions on which both are principal author or coauthor (measures with more than 60 sponsors are left out). Sharing bills does not imply a personal or political alliance.
District 36
- Counties
- Henry, Knox, McDonough, Mercer, Rock Island, Warren
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- House members sharing a county
- Dan Swanson (71), Gregg Johnson (72), Ryan Spain (73), Travis Weaver (93), Norine Hammond (94)
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Source
Copied from https://www.ilga.gov/Senate/Members/Details/3408 on November 2, 2026, through Open States people data (CC0), checked against official legislature rosters. Not endorsed by the Illinois State Senate.